The Afters

Biography 2008. 9. 29. 17:14
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텍사스 주에 살던 두 친구, Havens 와 Fuqua 는 밴드를 결성하기 전에는 스타벅스 커피숍에서 손님들에게 연주도 하고 서빙도 하며 음악씬으로의 입문을 준비했습니다. 그러다 같은 스타벅스에서 일하던 뜻이 맞는 세 친구들과 함께 Blisse 란 이름아래 밴드를 결성하게 됩니다.

2000년에 EP앨범을 발표하게 되고, 이 앨범의 수익금은 밴드의 첫 정규앨범을 만들기에 충분했습니다.

Bisse 란 밴드명이 이미 있음을 알고난후엔 The Afters 로 바꾸고 댈러스 주의 지역 클럽에서 공연활동을 계속해오면서 그들의 메이저 데뷔앨범 ‘I Wish We All Could WIn' 을 발표하게 됩니다.

첫 싱글곡인 ‘Beautiful Love' 는 Havens 의 아내가 해외에서 인도주의적 구호활동을 했을때의 일을 담은 곡으로, 영화와 드라마등에 삽입되며 밴드의 이름을 널리 알리게 되었고, 두 번째 앨범의 첫 싱글곡인 ‘MySpace Girl' 은 베이스기타를 맡고있는 캘리포니아의 인앤아웃 버거점에서 일하던 아가씨에게 한눈에 반해 미국판 싸이월드인 Myspace에서 그녀를 찾아 결혼까지 하게되는 내용을 담고있는 재미있는 곡입니다.

이처럼 밴드에게 있어 성경과 진리는 매우 중요하게 생각하지만, 그저 딱딱한 성경내용이나 단순한 찬양만을 담아내지 않고, 누구든지 일상생활에서 부딪히게 될 수 있는 일들 같은 우리의 놀랍고도 즐거운 내용을 부끄럼없이 표현하고 있습니다. 무엇보다 팬들에게 희망적인 내용을 전달하는 것을 중요하게 생각합니다.

밴드는 주로 클럽과 바에서 공연활동을 하지만, ‘교회는 음악을 듣는 곳이 아니다‘란 편견을 대다수의 사람들이 갖고있음을 알고 크리스찬 스쿨등에도 자주 공연을 하러 다니고 있습니다.

두 번째 앨범인 ‘Never Going Back to OK'를 발표하면서 받은 질문에 대해 Havens 는 이렇게 답했습니다.

“크리스찬음악을 만드는 것은 쉽고 안전합니다. 청중들에게 쉽게 다가갈수 있기 때문입니다. 하지만 더 노력하고 나아지는 모습을 보이지 못한다면 다음에는 리스크를 안게 될수도 있습니다.

그리고 우리가 갖고있는 믿음에 대해 이의를 갖고 고민해 보십시오. 당신이 왜 믿는지, 무엇을 믿는지에 대해 더 많은 것을 알게 될 것입니다. 맹목적인 믿음으로는 결코 충분하지 않습니다. 자신의 실수로부터 배우고, 신이 언제나 지켜보고 있다는 믿음 하에 행하는 모든 일들은 당신을 언제나 앞으로 나아가게 할 것입니다.“

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Joshua Havens : Vocals/Guitars
Matt Fuqua : Vocals/Guitars
Brad Wigg : Bass Guitars/Vocals
Marc Dodd : Drums

Never Going Back To OK (2008)   

Slow down
This is such a blur
Tell me what’s the hurry now
Have we been running round in circles
Missing all that we could be
You say it’s not too late

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We are words
On pages that we’ve left unturned
An ending no ones ever heard
We are a story slowly unfolding Beautiful words

I could walk across the ocean
With you walking next to me
And you could melt away this winter

Now we’re starting over
We will see its not too late

We are words
On pages that we’ve left unturned
An ending no ones ever heard
We are a story slowly unfolding Beautiful words

That last when everything else has passed
Even when all the stars are gone
I know every single beautiful word that we were will live on

I know its not too late
We are words
On pages that we’ve left unturned
An ending no ones ever heard
We are a story slowly unfolding Beautiful words

We are a story slowly unfolding 

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Joshua Havens : Vocals/Guitars
Matt Fuqua : Vocals/Guitars
Brad Wigg : Bass Guitars/Vocals
Marc Dodd : Drums

Never Going Back To OK (2008)   

Wake up and smile
Put on a tie
Walk to the car
And wave goodbye
Radio on
You're singing along
It's all gonna change but how could you know

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You're one moment away
One chance left to take
And you're gone
Are they gonna remember you for running away
Or saving the day from the darkness
And letting your love shine through
What will you do
You're one moment away

Eyes are on you
The pressure is on
Where will you stand when the lines have been drawn
The clocks have all stopped, the story's been told
This is your life, so how will it show

No you can't pretend that forever
Will never come knocking at your door

Run through the flames
Never look back
What did you think that you came here for

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사용자 삽입 이미지
Joshua Havens : Vocals/Guitars
Matt Fuqua : Vocals/Guitars
Brad Wigg : Bass Guitars/Vocals
Marc Dodd : Drums

Never Going Back To OK (2008)   

I'm watching the green give into gold
As summer becomes October's cold
Gravity begs
For one final kiss
She drops it to him, as she gives in

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Traces of light, linger around
As laces of white fall to the ground
The softest of sounds for the heaviest things
And the pain that it brings

As she falls I try to catch her
For one last touch of warmth from summer
As one thing leaves to becomes another again
I remember when

Don't remember the day, she started to fade
The ground felt a chill as she gave it away
A whisper - a sigh, for the time that she passed
But this winter won't last

As she falls I try to catch her
For one last touch of warmth from summer
As one thing leaves to becomes another again
I remember when
Oh to be with summer again

The days were warm and we wore them like skin
Now I feel the effects of October again

As she falls I try to catch her
For one last touch of warmth from summer
As one thing leaves to becomes another again
I remember when
Oh to be with summer again

I'm watching the green give in to gold
As summer becomes Octobers cold
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Joshua Havens : Vocals/Guitars
Matt Fuqua : Vocals/Guitars
Brad Wigg : Bass Guitars/Vocals
Marc Dodd : Drums

Never Going Back To OK (2008)   

Look outside, it's already light, and the stars
Ran away with the night
Things were said, words that we'll try to forget
It's so hard to admit

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I know we made mistakes
I see through all the tears
And that's what got us here

If love is an ocean wide
We'll swim in the tears we cry
They'll see us through to the other side
We're gonna make it
When love is a raging sea
You can hold on to me
We'll find a way tonight
Love is an ocean wide

I'll stay right here
It's where I'll always belong
Tied with your arms
Days like this I wish the sun wouldn't set
I don't want to forget

What made us feel this way?
You see through all my fears
And that's what got us here

If love is an ocean wide
We'll swim in the tears we cry
They'll see us through to the other side
We're gonna make it
When love is a raging sea
You can hold on to me
We'll find a way tonight
Love is an ocean wide

"Ocean Wide" Live on December 26, 2007

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Joshua Havens : Vocals/Guitars
Matt Fuqua : Vocals/Guitars
Brad Wigg : Bass Guitars/Vocals
Marc Dodd : Drums

Never Going Back To OK (2008)   

Now is the time we have
Take it, never give it back
Say what you mean to say
This could be your only chance

Everybody's watching out
For someone who can show them how
To be what they wanna be and
Stand never backing down

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Here we are
Here we are

We are the sound
We are the siren
We're all around
And we won't stop singing it out

Shout it out
Like you believe it
We'll break it down
When we all start singing it out
Shout it out now

Silence is an enemy
That keeps us from the things we need
It ages but it never grows
So quiet that we start to bleed

Lets shake it off and let it go
Forgetting what we think we know
We'll make it all a memory
We're taking back control

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Forty-Two - The Afters

신나는 2008. 9. 10. 21:24
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Joshua Havens : Vocals/Guitars
Matt Fuqua : Vocals/Guitars
Brad Wigg : Bass Guitars/Vocals
Marc Dodd : Drums

Never Going Back To OK (2008)   

I came into this world to find a reason to live
I came with nothing to give
Nothing I could offer, nothing I could ever do

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Before you set the stars up in the sky
You came and took me aside
You told me I was part of the plan
You told me I was yours

Will you tell me what this life is all about
Will you show me how to make my time here count
Will lead the way on, to the other side
Because I want to feel alive

If I could only see right to the end
I'd know just where to begin
I could put together all the little pieces
You carry the world, You hold it in your hands
It's all a part of your plan
Show me how to love, won't you help me find my way to you

Will you tell me what this life is all about
Will you show me how to make my time here count
Will lead the way on, to the other side
Because I want to feel alive

There's a place for us
The perfect place for us

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Tonight - The Afters

신나는 2008. 9. 10. 21:21
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Joshua Havens : Vocals/Guitars
Matt Fuqua : Vocals/Guitars
Brad Wigg : Bass Guitars/Vocals
Marc Dodd : Drums

Never Going Back To OK (2008)   

Time after time
I'm reminded that I fall apart
when I run away from you
even when every mistake
leaves me broken and bruised
I can hold onto you

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tonight tonight
we're gonna put it all
put it all behind
tonight tonight
we're gonna make it all
make it alright
we'll be who we wanna be
tonight, tonight

why do I feel like a space
that just waits to be filled
looking for something new
when ours is a love
that is already perfect and I
I know I belong to you

tonight tonight
we're gonna put it all
put it all behind
tonight tonight
we're gonna make it all
make it alright
we'll be who we want to be
tonight

when tomorrow comes we're gonna feel alive
somehow forget about the tears we've cried
there's so much more we have to gain
than we could ever lose

CHORUS

"Tonight" Live at a Walmart in Norman
 

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Joshua Havens : Vocals/Guitars
Matt Fuqua : Vocals/Guitars
Brad Wigg : Bass Guitars/Vocals
Marc Dodd : Drums

Never Going Back To OK (2008)    

It's like I've never lived
Before my life with you
So much was missing here
I never even knew

I still picture
The place we were
When I fell into
Your world

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My heart is in you
Where you go you carry me
I bleed if you bleed
Your heart beats inside of me
Your keeping me alive

I don't know why I feel this way
But something's right
You're like the morning air

Before the light arrives
No more lonely
And no more night

No more secrets
to hide

My heart is in you
Where you go you carry me
I bleed if you bleed
Your heart beats inside of me
Your keeping me alive

I'll hold you near
Together we'll never die

Your love is keeping me alive (Your love is keeping me alive)
Your love is keeping me alive (Your love is keeping me alive)

My heart is in you
Where you go you carry me
I bleed if you bleed
Your heart beats inside of me
Your keeping me alive

Your keeping me alive

"Keeping Me Alive" Acoustic Live SPIRIT 105.3 FM

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Joshua Havens : Vocals/Guitars
Matt Fuqua : Vocals/Guitars
Brad Wigg : Bass Guitars/Vocals
Marc Dodd : Drums

Never Going Back To OK (2008)   

It's not the end
But it feels like it is
I'm waking up
Like I'm back from the dead
I'm stepping out
And I feel so afraid
But as long as I'm moving it's all right

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I feel alive
And it hurts for a change
And looking back and it's hard to believe
That I was cool
With the days that I wasted complacent
and tasteless and bored but
That was yesterday

We're never going back to OK (OK)
We're never going back to easy
We're never going back to the way it was
We're never going back to OK

This discontent
Like a slap in the face
Of mediocre
I've had enough of this place
This party's over
And I'm moving away from the frills of you Beverly Hills but that was yesterday

We're never going back to OK
We're never going back to easy
We're never going back to the way it was
We're never going back to OK

We're here to stay
This is our time
Our only life
Our chance to live

We're never going back to OK (OK)
We're never going back to easy
We're never going back to the way it was
We're never going back to OK

"Never Going Back To OK" Live

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사용자 삽입 이미지
Joshua Havens : Vocals/Guitars
Matt Fuqua : Vocals/Guitars
Brad Wigg : Bass Guitars/Vocals
Marc Dodd : Drums

Never Going Back To OK (2008)  

I saw you once
it was enough
you asked me what i wanted i want you
but i replied i'll have some fries
so mezmorized my heart was over drivin' through

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I saw your name
I'm not ashamed
I searched within 500 miles to find
any clue just as to who i've fallen for
cause you got me and i got tiiimmee

I saw your picture on myspace
maybe some day we can turn it into our space, baby
i don't care how long it takes
i'm savin' space in my top 8 for you.

The second time you were so nice
I loved the way you told me to enjoy my day,

but i know what you meant to say instead was really that you wanted us to run away,

I said lets go ill pack my clothes,just promise me youll
wear the purple dress you have.
You look so cute when your confused,
you backed away and asked me how
i knew about that.

I saw your picture on myspace
maybe some day we can turn it into our space, baby
i don't care how long it takes
i'm savin' space in my top 8 for you.

I know youre scared,i know our love is crazy,you make me crazy,for you
woohooo,
woohooo
(repeat chorus 2 times)
I saw your picture on myspace
maybe some day we can turn it into our space, baby
i don't care how long it takes
i'm savin' space in my top 8 for you.


woohooo,
woohooo,
wooohoo,
woohoo.

뮤비는 Brad Wigg 이 그의 피앙새를 어떻게 만났는지에 대한 내용을 담고있다.

"Myspace Girl" M/V

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사용자 삽입 이미지
Joshua Havens : Vocals/Guitars
Matt Fuqua : Vocals/Guitars
Brad Wigg : Bass Guitars/Vocals
Marc Dodd : Drums

I Wish We All Could Win (2005)  


Far away, I feel your beating heart
All alone, beneath the crystal stars
I'm staring into space, what a lovely face
I'll try to find my place with you

Chorus:
What a beautiful smile
Can I stay for a while
On this beautiful night
We'll make everything right
My beautiful love
My beautiful love
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Larger then the moon, my love for you
World's collide, as heaven pulls us through
The secret of the world is written in the stars
I'm carrying your heart in mine

What a beautiful smile
Can It stay for a while
On this beautiful night
We'll make everything right
My beautiful love

Maybe a greater thing will happen
Maybe all will see
Maybe our love will catch like fire
As it burns through me

Maybe a greater thing will happen
Maybe all will see
Maybe our love will catch like fire
As it burns through me

Maybe a greater thing will happen
Maybe all will see
Maybe our love will catch like fire
As it burns through me

What a beautiful smile
Can It stay for a while
On this beautiful night
We'll make everything right

What a beautiful smile
Can It stay for a while
On this beautiful night
We'll make everything right
My Beautiful la-la-la-la-love
la-la-la-la-love
My beautiful la-la-la-la-love
la-la-la-la-love
My beautiful love


"Beautiful Love" M/V
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Joshua Havens : Vocals/Guitars
Matt Fuqua : Vocals/Guitars
Brad Wigg : Bass Guitars/Vocals
Marc Dodd : Drums

I Wish We All Could Win (2005)  

How could You walk
When You went down that dusty street?
How could You speak
When all your friends checked out?
How could You love
After the great betrayal?
How could You reach out
When they nailed You down?

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(Chorus)
'True as true can be'
That's what they say You are to me
When I'm so fake
Does Your heart ache?
If I had been the one
I would not have been that strong
If I had been the one, yeah
I'd have been long gone

How could you hang on
With Your mama crying?
How could You keep on breathing in and out?
How could You watch
While Your whole world was dying?
Did it all happen
Cause we let You down?

(Chorus)

And all the things we think of as eternal
Would come undone
All I have to say is when I'm praying
Is 'Thank God I'm not the One'

"Thank God I'm Not The One" Live at Club 3 Degrees in Minneapolis, Mn, 11-10-06.
 

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Wait - The Afters

기분좋은 2008. 9. 10. 01:11
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Joshua Havens : Vocals/Guitars
Matt Fuqua : Vocals/Guitars
Brad Wigg : Bass Guitars/Vocals
Marc Dodd : Drums

I Wish We All Could Win (2005)    

Wait
Wait, I can hardly wait
To look into Your face
When the world disappears into Your eyes

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Wait, I can hardly wait
To hear your sweet voice say
You've done well, my good and faithful son

Breathe, I can hardly breathe
In anticipation
Waithing for the day to come
When You will shine on me

Wait, I can hardly wait
To bow at Your feet
Kiss the scars that bore my sins away
I can hardly breathe In anticipation
Waiting for the day to come
When You will shine on me

Wait, I can hardly wait

"Wait" Live in Garden Grove, California, February 17th, 2008i

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You - The Afters

기분좋은 2008. 9. 10. 01:08
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Joshua Havens : Vocals/Guitars
Matt Fuqua : Vocals/Guitars
Brad Wigg : Bass Guitars/Vocals
Marc Dodd : Drums

I Wish We All Could Win (2005)   

My heart is as frail as a dove
And my spirit is as weak as a rose
See my sorrow, feel my pain
You're my refuge, You're my reason
My strength in this beautiful place
That's where I find God

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~Chorus~
You're in my heart, You're in my soul
You are my heaven, You're my home
You're my best friend, You're my true love
You are my treasure, You're my God

I watch as the mountains fall down
And the rivers part at your feet
Your creation sings Your praise
Even wings obey and angels bow down
At Your beautiful voice
That's where I find God

~Chorus~
You're in my heart, You're in my soul
You are my heaven, You're my home
You're my best friend, You're my true love
You are my treasure, You're my God

You're in my heart, You're in my soul
You are my heaven, You're my home
You're my best friend, You're my true love
You are my treasure, You're my God
You are my peace, You are my joy
You are my Savior, You're my God

"You" Live

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사용자 삽입 이미지
Joshua Havens : Vocals/Guitars
Matt Fuqua : Vocals/Guitars
Brad Wigg : Bass Guitars/Vocals
Marc Dodd : Drums

I Wish We All Could Win (2005)  

I feel a burning, deep inside of me
I feel your Spirit, it's moving around me
I hear Your voice, You're calling me closer
I know that You're here, You're calling me closer
And I will...

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~Chorus~
Love You with all of my heart
Jesus I'll love You with all of my mind
Jesus I'll love You with all of my souls
Jesus I'll love You with all that I am

I know that You hear me when I say my prayers
I know that You're with me even when I'm all alone
When I close my eyes, You're calling me close
When I pull away, You're pulling me closer
And I will...

~Chorus~
Love You with all of my heart
Jesus I'll love You with all of my mind
Jesus I'll love You with all of my souls
Jesus I'll love You with all that I am

You are holy, Lord God Almighty
You are holy, Lord God Almighty
Who was and is and will soon come again
Lord you are and now You're coming again
Just like you said, You're coming again
And I will...

~Chorus~
Love You with all of my heart
Jesus I'll love You with all of my mind
Jesus I'll love You with all of my souls
Jesus I'll love You with all that I am

"All That I Am" Live

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사용자 삽입 이미지
Joshua Havens : Vocals/Guitars
Matt Fuqua : Vocals/Guitars
Brad Wigg : Bass Guitars/Vocals
Marc Dodd : Drums

I Wish We All Could Win (2005) 

Someday I'm gonna go out to the country
I'll drive til the hightway ends
Chasing after picture perfect sunsets
To take my breath away
I'm tired of living in the city
The world's got me tied on a string
Wanderlust has overcome me
Like Lewis and Clark I'll dream
There's a million different ways to go
Only God can know where I will call my home

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Love lead me on
Where no one else has gone
Faith keep me strong
Love lead me on

The open road can be so lonely
I'm longing for someone to love
If only I could share my new surroundings
Open the doors above
There's a million different ways to go
Only God can know where I will call my home

Love lead me on
Where no one else has gone
Faith keep me strong
Love lead me on

Faith keep me strong
Love lead me home

Love Lead Me On / Keeping Me Alive Live @CanyonFest

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Someday - The Afters

신나는 2008. 9. 10. 00:59
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Joshua Havens : Vocals/Guitars
Matt Fuqua : Vocals/Guitars
Brad Wigg : Bass Guitars/Vocals
Marc Dodd : Drums

I Wish We All Could Win (2005)

Ready or not the years are blurring
Running away the mind is turning
Skip to the end to find the meaning
Theoughts are fading, yet I wonder still
Like it or not your eyes are open
Playing around, the circles going
Face of a child, your mind is old
The clock ran down before I could begin

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~Chorus~
I wish we all could win
I wish we all could smile
I wish we all could make our mothers proud

Want it or not you ocan't just leave it
Throw it away, I can't believe it
Walking for days, I know you'll see that
Times are changing, soon we'll be the same

~Chorus~
I wish we all could win
I wish we all could smile
I wish we all could make our mothers proud

~Bridge~
Someday, Someday, Someday
You'll come around
Someday, Someday, Someday
Your time will come
There's nothing more that I can do
I know we all can make throught
I hope that someday you will see

~Chorus~
I wish we all could win
I wish we all could smile
I wish we all could make our mothers proud

~Bridge~
Someday, Someday, Someday
You'll come around
Someday, Someday, Someday
Your time will come
There's nothing more that I can do
I know we all can make throught
I hope that someday you will see

"Someday" M/V

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Joshua Havens : Vocals/Guitars
Matt Fuqua : Vocals/Guitars
Brad Wigg : Bass Guitars/Vocals
Marc Dodd : Drums

I Wish We All Could Win (2005)

I lose myself to find in me
The way it really ought to be
It's hard to say I love you
It's hard to say I need you
If all is well it's hard to tell
It hurts to think of someone else
It's hard to say I'll be there
It's hard to say I really, really care

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[Chorus:]
Until the world won't turn
'Til the planets burn
Until the sun dies I'll be there
Until the heavens come
'Til this life is done
Until the world dies I'll be there

I can't see outside myself
How can I live for someone else
It's hard to say I'm sorry
It's hard to say forgive me
I can't believe you're here with me
Into the future I can't see
It's hard to say forever
It's hard to say I'll never ever go

[Repeat Chorus]

"Until The World" Live
 

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